Ebay lights (similar cost to depos but have the updated LCI look, though I think the turn signal is a little ricey). This is my favorite option right now but I'm not sure it's worth it given rice factor and they aren't as common/well-reviewed as depos

More ebay lights These are the cheapest option by far but I haven't heard the best reviews (and the leds look dotty which seems ricey to me). I like that this has the dual projector though.

In all cases I'm planning on upgrading with a HID kit (or at least LEDs). Anyone have recommendations on this with regards to aftermarket lights?

What would you recommend? I've seen a few of the install videos/threads on here and am planning on installing myself (though I don't want to take the wheels off since I don't have a jack/jack stands). Is this an awful idea?

From what I know, Depo makes pretty good stuff and it is plug and play, although the harness is a little longer (from what I have seen on Kies Motorsport).

I would not opt for the Alibaba ones. My friend had some on his gti, the fitment was bad, some bulbs were welded in, and light were pretty scattered despite being projector. It lasted about 3 years and they were done.

I have oem projector on my F32, the only thing I did was to change the signal bulb from orange traditional ones to silver LED. They are still orange, but you don't see it during the day.

I took it to a guy in SoCal to get it retrofitted with clear lenses. He tried but failed and said it was really difficult to open them. Once he opened one of the headlights, he couldn't properly put it back together. However, retrofitting headlights is what he does as a business and I have seen his other work.

For the headlights I have now, I started with halogen bulbs. Tried a few - silverstar, ultravision, PIAA - to name a few. Then gave Morimotos a shot. MM worked well for sometime but I guess the canbus was fried and the setup started acting up.

So I tried the MM LEDs. The problem with those was that they were a little too big compared to the H7 bulb size. The beam pattern was worse than halogens.

Then I went back to HIDs. Had them professionally installed which worked for a short while and then this set started to turn on and off intermittently.

So, I did some research and found these LEDs. So far they have been doing a good job. I just have to adjust the angles a little bit but other than that they are good.

Sorry I'm quite new to this, but I saw you swapped the HIDs for LEDs on your headlights. Were you talking about the headlights you linked from protuninglab? I saw headlights that I liked on there, but they were HID and was wondering if its possible to swap the HIDs for LEDs